What are nutrient? Write down its …

Nutrition is process by which nutrient from food are absorbed and processed by the body to grow to reproduce and to maintain good health Function of nutrient: 1 INGESTION: The acts of getting and eating food collectively are called ingestion. 2 DIGESTION: The breaking down of food into simpler and soluble molecules inside the body is called digestion the process of digestion begins in the mouth and is completed in the stomach 2 ABSORPTION: The process by which soluble molecules present in the digested food pass into the body Fluids like blood is called absorption 3 ASSIMILATION: The process in which the food absorbed food is used for producing energy and growing is called assimilation 4 EGESTION: The process by which the undigested food materials are through out of the body is called egestion